Buckle up folks, we’re about to witness history! When the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors tip off in about 30 minutes, the first single-elimination postseason basketball game in Raptors history will be underway! We are literally in unprecedented times.
And yet this matchup isn’t nearly as exciting as that preamble makes it sound. It’s the 41-41 Raptors and the 40-42 Bulls, two mediocre and underachieving teams, both of whom would already be golfing if not for the birth of the Play-In Tournament a couple years ago.
But hey — a single elimination, loser-goes-home game is almost always exciting.